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The 62nd annual Golden Globe Awards were held in Beverly Hills last night. Acting winners included Leonardo DiCaprio, Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx and Annette Bening. Sideways and The Aviator won the top film awards. Clint Eastwood was named best director for Million Dollar Baby.

Two new reports extend blame for abuses at Abu Ghraib to the Pentagon's top leaders. But neither calls for the punishment of anyone more senior than brigade commanders at the prison -- infuriating critics who say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign.

For most universities, a top ranking from The Princeton Review is good news -- unless that score is for partying. From hitting the bars to hitting the books, we look at how some schools are trying to shed the image of the party school.

Amy Winehouse is a 23-year-old British singer-songwriter who takes much of her inspiration from American soul and R&B. Her American debut album, Back To Black, topped the British charts and hit the American charts at number seven.

Joanna Lydgate, co-founder and CEO of the States United Democracy Center, says there are now nine states with 2020 election deniers running for the top three statewide positions.

Now on her fourth decade at the top of the country music scene, Dolly Parton recently joined Morning Edition host Bob Edwards in the NPR studios to talk about her childhood, her long, lucrative career and her latest CD, Halos & Horns. Listen to Parton's convincing take on one of rock 'n' roll's sacred cows, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

At the Latin Grammys in Los Angeles, Alejandro Sanz takes top honors for best male pop vocal album, best album, best song and best record. Brazilian singer Maria Rita, nominated for seven awards, wins two, for best new artist and most popular Brazilian album. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

A civilian panel's report pins much of the direct blame for abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison on a few rogue soldiers on the night shift. But it also faults the Pentagon's top leaders, and is especially critical of Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former senior military commander in Iraq.

Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson says that determining whether or not we're technically in a recession shouldn't be top of mind.

The album is sung by top artists such as Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Bill Frisell and Mavis Staples.